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A school play sold 103 tickets: adult tickets at ₱200 and student tickets at ₱80. Total sales were ₱16,400. How many adult tickets were sold?
- 35
- 68
- 82
- 52
Answer
B. 68
Solution
Let x = adult: 200x + 80(103 − x) = 16400 → 120x = 8160 → x = 68.
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